The next day, Song Yuan summoned the cabinet ministers to the imperial study, intending to inquire about the gains and losses of the political achievements of the time, and called Shen Ce to observe. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The elders discussed the current affairs for a while, and somehow turned to the snowstorm last winter.

Du Xing, the head of the auxiliary army, said: "In the past hundred years, the country and the people have been peaceful and prosperous in the Great Zhou Dynasty. But there is a destiny of heaven, and this catastrophe is roughly caused by the number of days. ”

He Youdao, the secretary of the ministry, echoed: "What Du Shoufu said is very true. There is a saying that 'the destiny of heaven cannot be violated', and snow disasters are natural disasters that cannot be changed by human beings. ”

Zeng Zhang, the secretary of the household department, and Hu Cheng, the secretary of the criminal department, also seconded the motion.

Xie An, the secretary of the secondary auxiliary department, glanced at Shen Ce on the emperor's side, lowered his eyes and did not speak.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Han Shi wanted to speak and stopped.

Seeing this, Shen Ce pulled the corners of his mouth slightly, but he happened to be seen by Song Yuan, who turned his head and wanted to ask him: "Shen San, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Shoufu Gao Zhi, the minister did not dare to agree, laughing at himself."

"Oh, what do you think differently?" Song Yuan looked at him and asked with interest.

Shen Ce said: "Shoufu's 'Mandate of Heaven is numbered', and the minister has no objection. However, the minister did not think that natural disasters had nothing to do with man-made, but thought that heaven and man were connected, and natural disasters were closely related to man-made. As the minister can see, there will be a snow disaster when I go to Donggyeonggi, and it is also because there is injustice in the world, and God uses natural disasters to warn and punish the world......"

"Nonsense!" Du Xing didn't wait for Song Yuan to speak, then interrupted Shen Ce, "At a young age, you are a fool! Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the politics have been clear and the people have been happy. ”

Shen Ce smiled slightly, looked directly at him and asked, "Lord Shoufu dares to say it?" ”

Du Xing, as the first assistant of the two dynasties, has no one in his eyes, no dust under his eyes, and even Song Yuan has to give him three points on weekdays, where has he ever been questioned so face-to-face? It's just that at this time, when he met Shen Ce's cold gaze, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered in his heart.

What is the purpose of the Shen family's little gentleman targeting him everywhere? Did he find something again?

But for a moment, he calmed down again.

Although the emperor has favored Shen San recently, in the final analysis, he is just a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. How could the emperor tolerate him criticizing current affairs to his face and accusing the emperor of injustice?

Talking nonsense in front of the emperor...... This little gentleman has been getting too carried away lately, right?

Thinking of this, Du Xing sneered: "What is there in this world that has alarmed the heavens to punish him?" Please also ask Shen Hanlin to speak it out! ”

Shen Ce smiled indifferently, withdrew his gaze from his face, and looked at Hu Cheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department next to him: "Lord Hu, if I remember correctly, in the winter of last year, the Ministry of Officials tried two cases of embezzlement and bribery, one was the case of Zhu Si being bribed by a magistrate in the matter of the right of the bureaucracy, and the other was the case of Zhang Huai, the ambassador of the silver treasury, who was guarding and stealing himself. Is there such a thing? ”

Hu Cheng was stunned, not knowing that he was talking about the Mandate of Heaven, but suddenly mentioned the purpose of the case that had been closed last year, glanced at Du Xing, and said, "There is such a thing." ”

Shen Ce said: "The two cases were tried by Hu Shangshu personally? ”

Hu Cheng's heart jumped, but because the criminal department had a case record recorded, he didn't dare to deny it: "It was tried by this official." ”

"That's it." Shen Ce smiled slightly and said to Song Yuan.

"Your Majesty, in the two cases that Hu Shangshu personally tried, Zhu Si was only bribed with 500 taels of silver, but he was sentenced to death and confessed; However, Zhang Huai, the ambassador of the treasury, was in prison and stole nearly 100,000 taels of silver from the treasury, but he was only punished with 20 rods, and he is still in his position. ”

"How can such a thing happen?" Song Yuan didn't wait for Shen Ce to answer, glared at Hu Cheng angrily and asked, "What Shen Hanlin said is true?" ”

"Your Majesty, Your Minister...... The minister ...... "This is the case, Hu Cheng didn't dare to fool the emperor in person, he said hesitantly, and his eyes secretly glanced at Du Xing.

Duchenne lowered his eyebrows and did not make eye contact with him.

Hu Cheng saw that Du Xing refused to come forward to protect him, so he knew that the general trend had gone, and knelt on the ground with a "poof": "Your Majesty...... The minister is guilty! ”

"You...... You ......" Seeing that things were really as Shen Ce said, Song Yuan was furious, stood up from the chair, walked in front of Hu Cheng in a few steps, and kicked over: "One hundred thousand taels!" I stole 100,000 taels of silver! He was even allowed to stay in the vault! Do you want him to steal all my money? ”

After kicking a few times, he turned his head and asked Shen Ce: "Zhang Huai stole so much treasury silver, why is he still in place?" Shen San, you say! ”

Shen Ce's gaze swept over Du Xing, Hu Cheng, and He Youdao one by one, and bowed to Song Yuan and said, "The minister is just a Hanlin, and he has no right to intervene in the affairs of the Criminal Department. The minister only knew that Zhang Huai, the ambassador of the silver treasury, was the nephew of Mrs. Du Shoufu and the brother of Mrs. Sun Changshi of the Xu Palace. ”

"You...... You ......" Song Yuan pointed at Du Xing and Hu Cheng speechless.

Du Xing hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the wife of the old minister is not strict with her nephew, and the minister is guilty!" ”

Song Yuan was so choked by him that he couldn't speak.

Du Xing is reminding him that Zhang Huai is Mrs. Du's nephew and a member of the Zhang family, even if he commits a crime, it has nothing to do with his Du family!

Shen Ce heard Du Xing so lightly set aside his relationship with Zhang Huai's silver theft case, but he avoided the serious and easily admitted the crime of ineffective control of his nephew, and sneered slightly in his heart.

This old fox is really cunning!

Song Yuan's words were blocked by Du Xing, and he became more and more angry, patting the dragon case and yelling: "Go!" Go and declare that the king will come to the royal study to see me! "It's like I'm very angry.

Shen Ce looked at Du Xing, who was kneeling on the ground and confessed his guilt, but his expression was not shocked, but he felt not very optimistic.

Looking at what the emperor means, this time he and Song Heng's plan to break into the sixth department will probably fail again!

After Wang Bing, the secretary of the household department in the Huguang tea tax fraud case, was dismissed last time, and Song Heng had not had time to arrange for someone to be on top, he was replaced by Du Xing with his own confidant Zeng Zhang.

This time, he and Song Heng thought about it for many days before they came up with this strategy of killing three birds with one stone by borrowing Zhang Huai's case, but they didn't want to be resolved by Du Xing so lightly.

Since the nephew's crime is not my aunt's, let alone my uncle's fault. So how can the sins of his subordinates' wives and uncles be blamed on Song Ke's head?

Duchenne, the old fox, really knows the emperor's temperament too well! I am sure that Song Yuan is not a person who likes to pull vines and bring disaster to the nine clans.

Maybe I'm really in a hurry.

Sure enough, although Song Yuan called Song Ke to the imperial study and reprimanded him angrily, after personally retrying Zhang Huai's silver theft case, in addition to ordering Hu Cheng to recover the treasury silver and subjugating Zhang Huai, he then ...... And then there was no more.

Song Heng was very frustrated with such a result: "Cousin, we didn't do anything to the second brother if we did it like this, it seems that the father really took the second brother very seriously." ”

Shen Ce was also deeply surprised by this, thinking that although Du Xing was clever in front of Song Yuan to clear the charges, he and Song Ke could not be moved this time, but at least he should be able to get rid of their minions.

Unexpectedly, they had been plotting for a long time, but even Hu Cheng was unscathed.

"In the end, we still underestimate the emperor's trust in Song Ke and Du Xing! But no matter what, it can be regarded as a warning to them. Shen Ce could only comfort Song Heng like this, but he inevitably had doubts about Song Yuan in his heart.

Originally, he felt that although Song Yuan was unkind to the first emperor as a brother, he was worthy of the people of the world as the emperor.

But this time Hu Cheng shielded Zhang Huai's case, it is obvious that he is in collusion with Song Ke and Du Xing, and the interests are divided. Shen Ce didn't believe that Song Yuan would not be able to see it, but he closed the case in such a vague and hasty manner......

It seems that he not only underestimated Song Ke and Du Xing, but also overestimated Song Yuan. (To be continued.) )